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Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides Ogilby 1839

Description

Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides Ogilby 1839

Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides Ogilby 1839, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1839: 117.

Type Locality: "...west coast of South America." Restricted by Nelson (1899 b:80) to "[El] Salvador.".

Vernacular Names: Variegated Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. variegatoides Ogilby 1839

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. adolphei Lesson 1842

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. atrirufus Harris 1930

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. bangsi Dickey 1928

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. belti Nelson 1899

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. boothiae Gray 1843

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. dorsalis Gray 1849

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. goldmani Nelson 1898

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. helveolus Goldman 1912

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. loweryi McPherson 1972

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. managuensis Nelson 1898

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. melania Gray 1867

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. rigidus Peters 1863

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. thomasi Nelson 1899

Subspecies Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides subsp. underwoodi Goldman 1932

Distribution: S Chiapas (Mexico), through Central America to Panama.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sciurus; includes goldmani (Hall, 1981:424). Revised by Harris (1937). Reviewed by Best (1995 f, Mammalian Species No. 500).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 764, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ogilby
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Sciurus
Species
variegatoides
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sciurus (Sciurus) variegatoides Ogilby, 1839 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Nelson, E. W. 1899 b. Revision of the squirrels of Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 1: 15 - 106.
  • Gray, J. E. 1843. List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 216 pp.
  • Gray, J. E. 1849 [1850]. Vertebrata, in The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C. B., F. R. A. S., F. G. S., during the years 1843 - 1846 (A. Adams, ed.). Reeve and Benham, London, 250 pp.
  • Nelson, E. W. 1898. What is Sciurus variegatus Erxleben? Science, n. s., 8: 897 - 898.
  • Goldman, E. A. 1932. Review of woodrats of Neotoma lepida group. Journal of Mammalogy, 13: 59 - 67.
  • Hall, E. R. 1981. The mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1: 1 - 600 + 90, 2: 601 - 1181 + 90.
  • Harris, W. P., Jr. 1937. Revision of Sciurus variegatoides, a species of Central American squirrel. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 38: 1 - 39.
  • Best, T. L. 1995 f. Sciurus variegatoides. Mammalian Species, 500: 1 - 6.